Quotes About Contradiction

I have an innate passion for contradiction—my whole life has been nothing but a series of melancholy and vain contradictions of heart or reason.

Am o pasiune înn?scut? de-a contrazice.Toat? viaÅ£a mea nu a fost decât un lanÅ£ de triste ÅŸi nenorocite contraziceri fa?? de ceea ce-mi spunea inima ÅŸi mintea.PrezenÅ£a unui entuziast m? umple de o r?ceal?,de un ger al bobotezei ÅŸi cred c? prietenia cu un om molatic ÅŸi flegmatic m-ar face s? ajung un vis?tor pasionat.

I love enemies, though not in the Christian way.

People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.

Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a reader happened to me: I loved something that, by conviction (or by my nature) I should not have loved

On the surface, there was always an impeccably realistic world, but underneath, behind the backdrop's cracked canvas, lurked something different, something mysterious or abstract.

Allí donde habla el corazón es de mala educación que la razón lo contradiga

Tomas se disait: coucher avec une femme et dormir avec elle, voilà deux passions non seulement différentes mais presque contradictoires. L'amour ne se manifeste pas par le désir de faire l'amour (ce désir s'applique à une innombrable mutitude de femmes) mais par le désir du sommeil partagé (ce désir-là ne concerne qu'une seule femme).

When he was still living in Bohemia and would run into people who had known him earlier, he was always surprised to find that they considered him a fairly courageous person (he thought himself cowardly), with a caustic wit (he considered himself a bore) and a kind heart (he remembered only his stinginess).

Era capaz de dar a vida para descobrir à sua volta a fealdade que traz dentro de si próprio. Para si, é essa a única maneira de sentir em paz com o mundo. Porque o mundo, que é belo, faz-lhe medo, magoa-o e repele-o sem cessar do seu centro. Intolerável, não é? Intolerável ter as unhas cheias de porcaria e uma bela mulher ao lado! Por isso, é preciso primeiro sujar a mulher para depois poder gozar.

Ne serait-ce qu'une ridicule illusion, on est persuadé d'écrire parce qu'on a à dire ce que personne n'a dit...Ecrire , c'est donc le plaisir de contredire, le bonheur d'être seul contre tous, la joie de provoquer ses ennemis et d'irriter ses amis.

A ironia irrita. Não porque escarnece ou ataca, mas porque nos priva das certezas, desvendando o mundo como ambiguidade.

Tomás se decía: Hacer el amor con una mujer y dormir con una mujer, son dos pasiones , no sólo distintas, sino casi contradictorias. El amor no se manifiesta en el deseo de acostarse con alguien este deseo se produce con una cantidad innumerable de mujeres,sino el de dormir junto a alguien (este deseo se produce en relación de una sola mujer

Un esteta diría —continuó— que su trasero es demasiado voluminoso y está un poco bajo, lo cual es aún más excitante dado que su alma ansia las alturas. Pero precisamente en esa contradicción se concentra, a mi juicio, el destino humano: la cabeza está llena de sueños y el trasero, como un ancla de hierro, nos mantiene a ras de tierra.

a hatalom akkor a legédesebb, amikor legelfogadhatatlanabb. Amikor a buta az okos, a gyenge az erÅ's, a ronda a szép felett uralkodik...

Berlagak tak mendengar apa-apa, Avenarius terus nyerocos. Di mata seorang ahli estetika, pantatnya pasti dinilai terlalu berisi dan agak rendah, dan itu makin jadi soal karena jiwanya merindukan ketinggian. Tapi justru dalam kontradiksinya ini aku mendapati inti keadaan manusia: kepala penuh mimpi, tetapi pantat yang menambatkan kita seperti sauh

Those who are fascinated by the idea of progress do not suspect that everything moving forward is at the same time bringing the end nearer and that joyous watchwords like forward and farther are the lascivious voice of death urging us to hasten to it.

Sólo una cosa es segura: la contradicción entre peso y levedad es la más misteriosa y equívoca de todas las contradicciones.

Thomas'a yük olmuÅŸtu, her ÅŸeyi çok ciddiye al?yor, her ÅŸeyi bir trajediye çeviriyor, tensel aÅŸk?n hafifliÄŸini ve sevimli s?radanl???n? kavrayam?yordu. HafifliÄŸi öÄŸrenebilmeyi ne kadar isterdi. Onu kendi zaman?na ayk?r? bir kiÅŸi yapan, bu kabuktan çekip ç?karacak biri olmas?n? öyle çok istiyordu ki.

With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.

All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.

American Suiteheart I must confess Im in love with my own sins

It's a funny thing, by the way, how people who love free markets are also quite sure that they know that investors are being irrational.

Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.